PHYLLOSTOMIDAE GRAY, 1825

Velazco, Paúl M., O'Neill, Hannah, Gunnell, Gregg F., Cooke, Siobhán B., Rimoli, Renato, Rosenberger, Alfred L. & Simmons, Nancy B., 2013, Quaternary Bat Diversity in the Dominican Republic, American Museum Novitates 2013 (3779), pp. 1-20 : 11

FAMILY PHYLLOSTOMIDAE GRAY, 1825

SUBFAMILY GLOSSOPHAGINAE BONAPARTE, 1845

Brachyphylla nana Miller, 1902

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MATERIAL EXAMINED: Oleg’s Bat Cave: 25 complete skulls, 8 mandibles, 5 dentaries, 7 scapula, 11 pelvises, 16 humeri, 4 femora.

EXTANT DISTRIBUTION: Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman), Cuba, Hispaniola, and Turks and Caicos Islands (Middle Caicos) ( Simmons, 2005).

Fossil record: Brachyphylla nana has been recovered from fossilized owl pellets (Port-de- Paix) and superficial deposit material (Saint-Michel-de-l’Atalaye) in Haiti and from a Quaternary cave deposit (Cerro de San Francisco) in the Dominican Republic (fig. 2; table 1). Additionally, B. nana has been found in Pleistocene or Holocene cave deposits in the Bahamas (Andros and New Providence), Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac), Cuba, and Jamaica ( Peterson, 1917; Anthony, 1919; Miller, 1929a; Koopman and Williams, 1951; Williams, 1952; Koopman and Ruibal, 1955; Arredondo, 1970; Mayo, 1970; Silva Taboada, 1974; Woloszyn and Silva Taboada, 1977; Swanepoel and Genoways, 1978; Morgan, 2001).

REMARKS: No consistent differences in cranial or postcranial morphology or size were found between our sample and the comparative material (appendix).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Phyllostomidae skulls: dorsal, lateral, and ventral views. A. Brachyphylla nana, B. Erophylla bombifrons, C. Monophyllus redmani, D. Phyllonycteris poeyi. Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIGURE 5. Chiropteran mandibles. A. Mormoops blainvillei, B. Pteronotus macleayii, C. Pteronotus parnellii, D. Pteronotus quadridens, E. Brachyphylla nana, F. Erophylla bombifrons, G. Monophyllus redmani, H. Phyllonycteris poeyi. Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIGURE 6. Chiropteran humeri. A. Mormoops blainvillei (extant, ROM 89973), B. Mormoops megalophylla (extant, AMNH 25589), C. †Mormoops magna, D. †Mormoops magna (mirror image), E. Pteronotus macleayii (mirror image), F. Brachyphylla nana (mirror image), G. Erophylla bombifrons (mirror image), H. Monophyllus redmani (mirror image), I. Phyllonycteris poeyi. Scale bar = 10 mm.